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Bucktown Bar Needs $135,000 By Tuesday To Avoid Possible Closure
A Cook County Circuit Court judge has given the owner of a Bucktown bar until Tuesday to come up with $135,000 — or lose the establishment, which has a history dating back 50 years.
Report: Despite Complaints, Walgreens Expected To Go Ahead On Lincoln Park Church Site
Some neighbors are voicing concerns about a three-story Walgreens drugstore that is now planned for Armitage Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Black Church Moving Out Of Lincoln Park, Walgreens Moving In
Lincoln Park residents are upset that a predominately African American church is leaving the neighborhood in two weeks, and a Walgreens is moving in.
Montreal-Based Tea Café Chain Coming To Chicago
A Canada-based tea café is setting up shop on three fashionable strips in Chicago.
Alcohol Blamed In Deadly Crash On Kennedy Expressway
Alcohol is being blamed in a weekend crash that killed a 23-year-old woman on the Kennedy Expressway.
Water Main Break Shuts Down Lincoln Avenue Near Armitage
Traffic was disrupted early Monday when a water main broke and flooded busy Lincoln Avenue in the Lincoln Park-Old Town neighborhood.
Woman Killed, 7 Others Injured In Crash On Kennedy Expressway
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a 3-car crash on the Kennedy Expressway Sunday morning that led to the death of a 23-year-old woman.
Multiple Reports Of Natural Gas Odor In Lincoln Park
Police are investigating multiple reports of a smell of natural gas in and around the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Deer Occupies Enclosed Vacant Lot On Halsted Street
A deer has been holding court in a vacant lot in the Lincoln Park neighborhood for the past two days now.
ComEd Vault Explosion Shuts Down Grand Avenue On West Side
Busy Grand Avenue was shut down for a time on the city’s West Side Tuesday morning, after an explosion in a ComEd vault blew off a manhole cover.
Taxi Driver Dies Following Accident In Bucktown
A 57-year-old taxi driver died following an accident Sunday morning in the Near Northwest Side Bucktown neighborhood that may have been caused by a medical condition he suffered.
Crowds Flock To Park West For Oscar Party
Big crowds showed up for an Oscar-watching party on the at the Park West theater Sunday evening.
Man Fatally Stabbed On Northwest Side
A Logan Square man is dead after being stabbed Saturday night near his Northwest Side home.
Charlie Trotter To Close His World-Renowned Chicago Eatery
Charlie Trotter is calling it quits.
Man Charged In Crash That Killed One, Injured 2
A Logan Square charged with reckless homicide for crashing the car he was driving into a group of people, killing one, during a gang-related chase Friday night on the Northwest Side has been ordered held in jail for violation of probation.
Animal Control Looking For Coyotes That Surrounded Woman, Dogs
Chicago Animal Care and Control is trying to track down three coyotes that surrounded a woman and her two dogs in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Pack Of Coyotes Surrounds Woman, Dogs In Lincoln Park
A Lincoln Park neighborhood woman says she is fearful for people walking their dogs on the North Side after a very close encounter with a pack of coyotes Tuesday morning.
Lincoln Park Neighbors Concerned About Big Blue Sculpture
It is big, it’s blue, and it sprang up out of nowhere and people living in the Lincoln Park neighborhood said Wednesday that they want to know why a giant statue has been erected in their neighborhood.
Four Kids, One Adult Injured In Kennedy Rollover
Five people – four of them minors – were seriously injured in a rollover crash Sunday morning on the Kennedy Expressway on the North Side.
Fire Destroys 123-Year-Old Home On Armitage Avenue
A home dating from 1888 collapsed in an extra-alarm fire Friday afternoon, on trendy Armitage Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
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